LOL....apparently you’ve never handled a marlin or savage?
Outside of a finnwolf, a BLR is the bank vault of lever actions.
The BLR might handle pressure better than the Marlin, and maybe even the Savage 99, (although the Savage is chambered in some high pressure calibers,) but in terms of quality its not even in the same league as the Savage, and personally I think even the Marlin is more reliable. Take a Savage 99 apart and you will marvel at the simplicity, and strength of these fine rifles.....they truly were decades ahead of their time. In contrast the BLR has a lot of moving parts and needs to be timed perfectly to work properly. I never cared for the geared action or the alloy they build the receivers with.
